Apparatus for the manufacture of glass sheets or plates.



E. FOURGAULT. APPARATUS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF GLASS SHEETS 0B PLATES.

APYLIOATIOI FILED ma. 5, 1904.

v E. FOURGAULT.. APPARATUS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF GLASS SHEETS 0R PLATES. APPLICATION FILED APR. 5, 1904.

901,800. Patented Oct. 20, 1908.

1 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

mmnnmm E. POURGAULT. I APPARATUS FOR THE MANUFAGTURE 0F GLASS SHEETS 0R PLATES.

APPLICATION FILED An. 5, 1904.

Patented Oct. 20, 1908.

SHEETS-SHEET 3.

. E. FOURGAULT. APPARATUS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF GLASS SHEETS OR PLATES.

' APPLICATION FILED APR. 5, 1904.

' 901,800. Patented Oct. 20,1908.

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zaz'z wed, A Eda/z for Zzynpia l zprcawzi E. FOURUAUL'L- I APPARATUS FOR THE'MANUFAGTIIRE 0F GLASS SHEETS 0B. PLATES.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 5, 1904.

901,800. Patented 0012.20, 1908.

E. FOURGAULT.

APPARATUS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF GLASS SHEETS 0R PLATES.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 5, 1904.

Patented Oct. 20,- 1908.

7 SHEETS-SHEET 6.

E.POURGAULT.

APPARATUS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF GLASS SHEETS 0R PLATES.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 6, 1904.

- Patented Oct. 20, 1908.

7 SHEETS-HEET '1.

L T L x L 1 mi tfidd 6C3, A jZUZZ )02 45 ated by 'a lever 'e, is provided for regulatin and closing an opening so'as-to allow'o more or less heat passing fromthe hearth tov UNITED simmer-Ariana: OFFICE.

EMILE FOURCAULT, OF LODELINSART, BELGIUM.

APPARATUS FOR THEMLNUFACTUBE: OF GL'ABS SHEETS OB PL ATE.

To dllwhomi'it may concern:

Be it-known that -I,- EMILE F'oUncAUL'r, glass manufacturer, subject of the King of Belgium, residing at Lodelinsart, Belgium,

vide means for making molten glass into sheets, or plates, by solidifying. it asv it is raised from a bath of the moltenglass so as to produce continuous sheets, or plates, of

' any required breadth and thickness, which are, at thesame time,,.gradually annealed and cooled so as to permit of their being cut with a diamond or otherwise, when they scale. detail. F gs i), 10 and 10 show a modificaleave the apparatus in a cool condition.

I will describe my invention with reference to the accompanying drawings, premising that my'said invention is not limited to the precise details illustrated therein.

Flgure lis a transverse section. Fig. 2

is a longitudinal section. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section of apparatus in accordance wlth my invention. Figs. 13-1 1 1 4, 5,.

6 and 7 are details of parts drawn to a larger Fi' 8 illustrates a modification of a tion of the apparatus which enables several sheets, or plates, of glass to be madeat one .operation, Fig. 9 being a transverse section and Figs 10 and 10 cross sections with the upper part shown in elevation. Fig. 11 is a diagrammatic view partially. broken away showing a bait adapted foruse with the apparatus.

In carrying out this invention the glassmay be melted-in an ordinary hearth a, of which the drawings show only the end which. p formation, this glass be1n moved forward the glass reaches when ready to be worked.

'This hearth communicates, by an, opening 1),. with a small reservoir 0 receivlng the glass which is to be drawn into sheets, or plates.

A damperd of refractory material, oper- A block, or float, of refractory material 9 I in the upper part of the said reservoir has in it a vertical slot it through which the glass;

Specification of Letters Eatent. I

Application filed April ,5, 1904- SerialNe. 201,763.

Patented. Oct. 20, 1.908.

passes as it is being drawn. into the form of sheets, or plates.

To facilitate and .regulate the upward how if the molten-glass through the said slot h, the said block OIifiOat g is more or less forced-into the liquid either by means of weights br of levers, or screws, or other suitable means,,until the. top of the slot h is a little below-the levelofthe molten glass in the reservoir, as hereinafter described.

An annealing apparatus/i having the shape of a ,vertical vcasing, or chimney, is supported above the reservoir 0, and screws j .permit of. its being. moved vertically so as to bring it nearer to, or further from, the slot hinthe said .block or. float g. The cas- ,ing of this annealing apparatus maybe of plain. sheet. iron and it.- maybe internally provided with material 2", which is a non conductor of heat, such, for example, as asbestos millboard.

Rolls-ls are arranged in pairs in this casing to ,move upwards the sheet or plate of glass that is beingdrawn, .the said rolls preferably consisting of washers of asbestos (which does not scratch the glass) compressed together between metal washers by nuts. m. Bevel wheels 71. impart rotation to the left hand rolls, these bevel wheels gearing with'other bevel wheels at keyed on a verticiifls" shaft .05 :receiving motion through worm gearing p driven by a pulley g which receives its motion-from any suitable motor, so that the shaft 0. drives the driven rolls of each pair. The right hand rolls of each pair are arrangedon'the endsof cranked levers 1' fitted with. counterweights s which press these: rolls towards the driven rolls so as to causethem to bear. with a suitable pressure against the glass which is in process of in sheet, or plate, formed like a belt between two pulleys. The two rolls .V ofw each pair m-ay,.however, be connected by gearing havlongtooth gear-ingwill insure the rolls being the annealing casing to be regulated and to 9allow iof any -fragments of glass being redriven and should-be fixed to the ends of 1 the axes of. the rolls opposite to the ends at which=the bevel wheels are fixed. Doors t 'are provided to permits-the temperature of directed outwardly by inclined baflle plates u. The two rolls V at the base of the anneal. I

moved, and such fragments may also be ing device are driven by an endless chain V. a One use of the rolls V is to'prime or start the sheet or late of lass, but the most essential functlon ofsa1d rolls is to institute a pressure on the sheet of glass as drawn close to the means for increasing the lateral extent of the sheet of glass to maintain the sheet in a transversely extended condi- "tion in accordance with the preliminary intended condition desired. To accomplish this operation the rolls V are caused to remain in contact with the drawn sheet of glass with such pressure as to arrive atthe result sought.

Rails W provided-with grooves W serve to catch hold of the edges of the drawn glass while it is still plastic, the grooves of these rails being so shaped that they cause.the

glass to be slightly stretched in a horizon-- tal direction and avoid the formation of longitudinal ridges The rails W and W by their stretching action, as above noted, increase the width of the sheet of glass as it is drawn in a longitudinal direction by the bait for the reason that the glass when engaged by the rails W and W is still in a plastic condition and capable of being stretched. It will be seen that the rails, by their stretching, increase the width of the glass equally in opposite transverse directions in addition to the functionof removing longitudinal ridges, and said. rails also serve to preserve the drawn sheet of uniform width throughout the operation of the bait. The said rails rest on the'block or float g and permit the latter to be forced more or less into the molten glass by screw gearing ar (Fig. 3). The distance apart of the rails is adjusted by another screw 3/.

Figs. 4, 5, 6, and 7 show details of these rails on a larger scale. The said rails may be replaced by screw threaded rolls 2 arranged as shown in Fig. 8, orby other equivalent arrangement causing a slight broadening of the glass as it is being formed 'and drawn, and is still plastic. I

In order to start the apparatus, the glass in the reservoir 0 should have the necessary consistency. If it be too fluid, the damperd is closed a little, and if the lass be not sufliciently fluid, or too hard, he damper d is opened .morel- It is also/ possible to push back momentarily'the bl'bcl: or float 9 into the hearth a so as to melt properly the which is in the slot 72. of the said blockor -float, the said block or float being brought back into position, again in the reservoir *0 as caused to move downwards between the rolls I Yuntil it dips a little into the molten glass in the slot k in the block or float, when the molten glass adheres at once to the said plate and when it is raised slowly by turning the asbestos rolls in the proper direction, as indicated by the arrows, the molten glass is drawn upward in the form of a continuous sheet or plate, plastic at its base, but rapidly solidifying on contact with the surrounding air. As the sheet or plate thus produced is not in contact with any solid body while it is plastic, it is smooth onboth sides, and as it solidifies before meeting the first asbestos rolls, its contact therewith does not cause it to lose this smoothness. In order to start the sheet or plate more easily, the aforesaid rolls V at the base may be used fora few minutes, these rolls being mounted on levers 1", T or otherwise arranged, so that they can be easilyremoved from contact with the sheet or plate as soon as it reaches a certain height within the annealing casing z. The sheet or plate then rises slowly, passing between the successive pairs of rolls and cooling gradually as it moves towards the top of the annealing casing i.

When the sheet used in thepriming is out of theannealing casing 71, it can be cut from the sheet or plate of glass formed, which may be done by a diamond. I

As the asbestos rolls continue to rotate, thesheet or plate of glass which is being formed rises in'a continuous manner-into the apparatus and is cut therefrom with a diamond as it leaves the top of the annealing casing The sheets or plates of glass will be thinner or thicker, in accordance with the fluidity of the glass drawn in and with the speed of drawin and/ width of the slot It in the block or oat ,9. As regards the width of the sheet, it Wlll be easy to kee it equal to the length of the slot in the b ook or float. It will suflice to force the float sufficiently into the molten glass to cause the supply of glass to accordwith the quantity removed by the drawing operation; This is important as it enables the glass to pass, more or less, rapidly through the slot h by simply varying the difference of levels which causes the flow. There is, therefore, by virtue of the pressure, a natural upward flow of a sheet or plate of molten glass of the required width and thickness which the drawing rolls kee moving upwards and prevent it falling bac while they give it time to become solidified before coming in contact with any solid body.

'I By operating the aforesaid manner,

very fine sheets 01' plates of glass are obtained, but they may present longitudinal streaks caused by the centraction of the glass "pinch the two edges of the molten glass guided in the grooves of the said rails so that glass is stretched. in a horizontal direction, the aforesaid screws y enabling the distance apart of these rails to be adjusted. The said rails W'may also be used to force the block or float, more or less, into the molten glass by acting on other screws p Fig. 8 hows another method of slightly stretchin the base of the glass sheet. or

'plate,-by using rolls 2 with helical rooves.

These rolls should beplaced immediate'ly above the slot near the same place as the base rolls V aforesaid and driven by endless chains V'.- They will slightly broaden the sheet, or plate, in process of formation and at the same time help to raise it towards the asbestos rolls.

The grooves on the edges of the glass sheet by the rails W, or by the'rolls 2 can be cut off and constitute a waste of little importance as they have but little width. It will also be possible to make longitudinal grooves v on the sheet or plate pf glass by either providing flutings on the whole len h of the rails, Fig. 1, and thus waved, or uted glass be economically obtained in continuous sheets or plates, or shaped or ornamented; sheets or plates can be produced by providing, at the end of the aforesaid endless chain V, lozenge fluted rolls, or rolls provided with any re quired design or pattern; and thus. I can cheaply manufacture continuous sheets or plates of any required kind, such as striated glass, or glass with any required figuring or ornamentation. Fig. 1 shows rolls-for ,ob-'

taining striated glass, and Fig. 1 glass with lozenge shaped ornamentation. A g

The process and apparatus according to myinventiondoes away with the use of castingslabs and scoops, or scoopers, and overcomes defects and mpurities of casting, and

' avoiding the longitudinal streaking in the vobviates the great waste incidental to mak-' ing. glass plates or sheets as'hitherto practiced. The hereinbefore described means for manufacture of sheets or plates of glass will not always suffice and it is further very important that all that is necessary should be done to retard the-cooling of the edges and accelerate the cooling of the mid-part of, the sheets or plates. This result 'may. be ob-.

tained either by blowing cold air against the sheetor plate at the place where it begins to solidify and delivering more air towards the mid part of the sheet or plate than towards its edges, or by causing water or oil to circulate through hollow rails placed at a short distance from the sheet, or plate, to cool it by radiation, increasing the cooling towards the mid part of the sheet or plate by so curving the rails that they'are nearer to the mid part of the sheet or plate than to the edges thereof. The same result may be obtained by heating the edges of the sheet or plate, which may be done by gas jets projected thereonto so as to retard the coolin of the edges and compel the glass to solidify uniexample, by burners 2 and 2 receiving hot gases and air through passages 3 and 3 which are in communication with theair and gas chambers of the glass melting hearth a. Thetop-of the reservoir 0 is closed by blocks of refractory material 9 leaving between them intervals which are larger at the bottom than at the top so as to form long and narrow slots h for the passage of the glass which is to .be drawn into sheets or plates, the said slots hbeing kept a little below the level of the glass in the reservoir so .as to-cause a slow flow of the glass through the slots; 5

The annealing device 2' having the shape of a chimney, as hereinbefore described, can

be suspended above the reservoir c by joists I one on the same shaft by a sleeve surround ing the,sha ft and the nuts m outside the annealmg casing Z ermit of the asbestos washl lufers being forcib y pressed against one another. The drawing, shows three rolls, but any number of component rolls may be used in each transverse line, or they may be replaced by a sin le one extending along the.

whole width of he sheet or plate, as in the previous example.

All'the roll shafts are provided, at one end, with a spur wheel 5 gearin in pairs horizontally. One of the shafts of each pair carries a worm-wheel a driven by a worm .0

on a vertical shaft 0,: therebeing a worm for each. worm wheel. -The upper end of this vertical shaft is provided with a bevel wheel 6 whlch gears with a pinion on a horizontal shaft 7 provided with a driving pulley, or

otherwise driven for example by a small' electric-motor 8.

In order to insure the contact of the asbestos rolls with the sheets 01' plates of glass which they have to raise, the shafts of those rolls which are not driven by the worms rotate in bearings that are elongated'in a horizontal direction and springs 9 Fig. 10') I keep the wheels of the pairs of shafts in conpassages 10 are provided from which jets stant gear with the shafts which are driven.- The teeth of the gear wheels 5are suflicientlylon to permit of the shafts being moved a litt e towards, and away from each other without the wheels becoming disengaged. To insure proper annealing of the glass, gas

of flame playonto the sheets or plates of glass to heat them, if necessary, at the parts where they would otherwise begin to cool. In order to accelerate this cooling in a methodical manner, air is blown, by means of afan 11, into pipes 11 at the base of the J annealing casing, these pipes allowing the compressed air to escape through small holes so as to mix it with the hot air in the apparatus. through numerous hand holes 12 which are opened, mbre or less, so as to obtain a regu-* lar decrease of temperature from the bottom to the top of the apparatus. The base of the annealing casing is closed by arches 13 leaving between them small spaces for the passage of continuous sheets, or'plates, that are drawn from the bath through the slots h.

or, preferably oil, so as not to congeal the.

glass. Air pipes deliver jets of cold air againstthe sheets or plates of glass as soon as. they (still. in a pasty state) issue from the slots h, these jets of cold air having for their object to soldify the sheets of glass as soon ,as possible. Metal sheets 19, with turned up edges are placed between each pair of rolls to retain glass fragments, and these are collected from time to time through the hand holes 12. Thesemetalsheets' 19 serve" also to. retain and localize the heat towards the 'lower part of the casing so as to prevent ',the heat escaping too ra idly upwards,

thereby insuring a more regu ar and method- 60 ical temperature.

To start this apparatus it"must beheated to a suitable'temperature before molten glass is admitted thereto.

The lower part of the reservoirc for re-' eeiving the molten glass is heated-by burning the gas at the passages 2 and2 the heat The escape of hot air takes place maintaining the anolten glass in a suitable state of fluidity. v 4

To heat the top of the reservoir 0 and the blocks, or floats, g, the walls 20 and 21 are removed, as also may be the air pipes 15 and the pipes 15]: and'the side openings used as hand holes'are stopped so that the heat from the hearth heats the topsofthe blocks, or floats, and the underside of the arches 13 above them before escaping into the atmoshere. When this has been going on for a ew hours, the apparatus will be'suficiently hot for molten glassto be'passed into' the reservoir. The gl ass is kept in the hearth a of the glass melting furnace by means of a provisional weir made of a. few blocks placed in the channel 6 leading to the reser-- voir, this weir being removed when the res 'ervoir c is ready to receive the molten glassr As soon as the reservoir is full of molten glass, the walls 20 and 21 which were-removed are replaced, so asto isolate theblocks or floats from the heat of the hearth andthe removed, are also replaces} The apparatus is then ready forwork; he plates used as aforesaid for drawing up the glass are lowered between the asbestos rolls in by introducing'them through slots provided at the itop of the annealing casing 71 and causing the air pipes 15- and pipes 14, if they had been l .rolls to revolve ina direction opposite to that for drawing up the glass.

- If it is necessary, in order to insure a good annealing of the sheets or plates of glas s,- to re-heat them'a little when they are solidified,

the gas jets from-the aforesaid passages 3 will be lighted but-the temperature should ratus.

In the operation of the. foregoingap aratus.-the maximum quantityof the g ass as picked up by the baitis increased in width independently of any rolling pparatus which-is understood \to perform the so-called stretching operation, or to receive the glass and maintain it in a transversely ex tended condition and obstruct stringing of the glasssheet as it'is longitudinally drawn.

1 not exceed 700 or 800 centigrade so as to a By the operation of the foregoing apparatus the glass is positiyely increased inwidth,

while the glass isfi'nhigh molten condition, the increase in width being efi'ectedat-the edges and the sheet of lass drawn then subj ectedto the pressure 0 a plurality of rollers i to maintain it in laterally extended condition as desired during the longitudinal drawing .action' of the bai 5 Any suitable form of bait may be used in the apparatus for drawing a-sheet'ofglass, and Flgall diagrammatically illustrates a bait, partially broken away, and this con? ventional showing is intended to demon-- tacle, the means and mechanism for drawing the endless sheet of'glass being located within thecasing and operating to draw the glass vertically within the latter and cause the sheet to cool gradually and. regularly to present it in proper condition at the upper p'art of the casing for cutting into desired lengths.

' 2. In an apparatus of the class set forth, a receptacle for molten glass, a' movable vertical casing adapted to be arranged near the receptacle, a plurality of horizontal pairs of drawing rolls provided with an incombustible and glass non-scratching means, and means-foractuating the rolls, the rolls coming into contact with the glass solely when the latter is hot and wholly solidifiied and operating to draw the endless sheet of glass upwardly within the casing by their mutual motion.

3. In an apparatus of the class set forth, a casing carrying a plurality of pairs of rolls, one of the rolls of eachpair being fixed and the other movable, and means for caus= ing the movable rolls to be automaticallybroughtnearer t0 the fixed rolls or removed from the latter, in combination with meansfor drawing a sheet of glass.

45111 an apparatus ofthe class set forth, a casing carrying a plurality of pairs of drawing rolls, one of the rolls of each pair having" means cooperating therewith for antomat cally bringing it nearer to the other,

and a plurality of transversepartitions or diaphr s located within the casing and arrange {to permit. the passa e of'an endless sheet' ofglass therethroug and operating to keep the heat radiated from the molten glass in the lower part of the casing.

5. In an apparatus of'the class set forth, a casing carryin a plurality of pairs of drawing rolls, an plurality of inner trans verse partitions or diaphragms in the casing and a series (if-"lateral apertures or man-holes formed in the walls-of the latter and having means for closing the same, the said apertures' or man-ho es permitting the removal oi -bits of broken glass and if necessary the" escape of the excess of heat from the casing. In an apparatus-of the classset fort a casing carrying a plurality of drawing rolls, a plurality of transverse partitions or diaphragms within the casin' and a series of lateral apertures or man-hoI s in the walls of said casing, the apertures or man-holes being'provi'ded with closing means and the inner surfaces of the walls of the casin covered'fwith heat non-conducting materia 7, In an apparatus'of the class set forth, a casing having an inner coating ofheat non-conducting material and carrying a plurality of drawing rolls, a plurality of transverse partitions or diaphragms within therasing and a series of'lateral apertures formed in the walls of saidcasing and having closing-means, a pair of adjustable and rotatable rolls connected to the casing, and a molten glass reservoir, the rolls coming into contact withthe malleable lower extremity of the endless sheet of glass near the reservoir. f

8. In an apparatus of the class set forth, the combination with a molten glass reservoir, of a casing cooperating therewith and endless sheet of glass from the reservoir, and a metallic pipe having a fluid circulatten glass in the reservoir beneath the level of'the drawn sheet;

9'. In an apparatus of the class set forth, the combination with a casing for yertically drawing. an endless sheet of glass, of a pair of metallic b'ar'sprovided with divergent lowerextremity of'the drawn sheet of'glass to obtain a" horizontal stretching of the glass sheet simultaneously with the vertical .draw ing of the latter.

10. In a glass drawing machine, the commeans for drawingasheet' of glass there- .Width of the glass at opposite edges, means ,wherebythe sheetis hel after it is'increased at the opposite edges,

and width increasing and" sheet holding means. 7 I

11. In a lass drawing machine, the combination of a receptaclefor molten glass, means for drawing a'slieet of glass therefrom, means for preliminarily increasing the from, means for preliminarily increasing the having means for upwardly drawing an of the glass and near. the lower extremity ribs which are pressed against the malleable,

from, means for preliminarily increasing the width of theglass at opposite edges, meansing therethrough and immersed in the molbination" of areceptacle for molten glass,

to uniform width and mechanism for operating said drawing bin'ationof 'a receptacle for molten glass, means for drawinga-sheet of glass there' width of the lass at opposite, side edges, means for ho ding the lass to uniformwidth' after it is increase at the opposite ed es, means for cooling the sheet as drawn, f

an mechanism for 'operatin the drawing and width increasing and hol ing means.

13. In a glass drawing apparatus, the combination of areceptacle for molten glass, means for draw-ing, a sheet, of glass therefrom, means for preliminarily increasing the width of the glassiat opposite-side edges and 7 operating in planes at' right angles to the v increased-at the edges.

direction of'movement of the sheet as drawn, and means for maintaining thesheet to a uniform width after it has been increased at opposite edges.

1 In a glass drawing apparatus, the combination of a receptacle for molten glass, means for drawing a sheet of glass therefrom, means for preliminarily increasing the width of the glass at opposite edges and operating in planes at right angles to the movement ofthe sheet as drawn, means for lowering the temperature of the sheet as drawn, and means for maintaining the sheet at a. uniform widthafter it has been preliminarily increased in width at the opposite edges.

15. I11 a glass drawing apparatus, the combination of a receptacle for molten glass,

means for drawing a sheet of glass therefrom, means for maintaining the level of the glass in such receptacle approximately constant as the sheet is drawn means for preliminarily increasing the width of the'sheet at opposite edges, and means for maintaining the sheet to uniform width after it is 16. In a glass drawing apparatus the combination'of a receptacle for molten glass, means for drawing a sheet of glass therefrom, means for maintaining the level ofthe glass in said receptacle approximately-con-v stant as" the sheet is drawn, means for pre-- liminarily increasing the width of the sheet of glass at opposite edges, means maintaining the sheet to uniform width after it is in-' creased at the oppositeedges, and means lowering the temperature of the sheet as drawn.

17. In a glass drawing apparatus, the

combination of a receptacle for molten lass,

means for drawing a sheet of glass -t ere- 'from, means maintaining the level of the glass insaidreceptacle approximately constant asf'the sheet is drawn, means prelimi-.

narily increasing the width of the sheet at opposite edges, means maintaining the sheet to uniform width after itis' increased at the edges, and coolingdevices for the sheet as drawn. 1

18. In a ,glass. drawing apparatus," the combination of a receptacle for molten glass, I means for varying the level ofthe glass in said receptacle, means for drawing a sheet of glass from the receptacle, means preliminarily increasing the width of the sheet at op osite edges, and means for maintaining the sheet to-uniform width after it is increased at'opposite edges.

19, In a glass drawing apparatus, the combination of a receptacle for molten glass, means for varying the level of the glass in saidreceptacle, sheet drawing devices, means preliminarily increasing the width of the sheet as,drawn' at oppos te edges, means for maintaining the sheet to uniform width after it is increased at the edges, and a cooling device for the sheet.

20.1In a glass drawing apparatus, the combination of a receptacle for molten lass, sheet drawing devices, means for pre iminarily increasing the width of the sheet at glass, the combination of a receptacle for molten glass, a bait for drawing aglass sheet therefrom, means for preliminarily increasing the width of the sheet, and means independent of the preliminary width increasing means for engaging the sheet and acting in 0 position to the longitudinal drawing ac= tion of the bait. I A

23. In an apparatus for drawing sheet glass, the combmationof a receptacle for molten glass, abait, means for moving the bait away from said receptacle to draw a sheet, means preliminarily cooperating with the edges of the sheet to increase the width of the latter as the sheet is drawn by the bait, and rolling devices engaging the sheet after it is increased in width.

24. In an a paratus for drawing sheet glass, the com ination of a receptacle for molten glass, a bait, means withdrawing said bait from said rece tacle to form asheet,-

preliminary-means or engagin the edges of the sheet to increase the wl dth of'the latter and located close to the molten glass in the receptacle, and means engaging the sheet after it is increased in width to main tain the desired width of the sheet.

25; In an a paratus for drawing sheet glass, the com ination of a receptacle for molten glass,'a bait for drawing a sheet of lass from the receptacle, means located ad; acent to and engaging each edge of the sheet and operating to increase the width of the 1m, engaging the sheet molten lass, abait and means wit said bait from SI-1d receptacle to form a sheet, of preliminary width increasing afterincrease ofits width. I

26. In an a paratus 'for drawing sheet glass, the combination with a receptacle for drawing means en aging the opposite edges of the sheet, an rolhng. means subsequently engaged by the; sheet and actinglin cooperation with the drawing action oft e bait. 27."In an agyaratus for drawin glass, the com mation of areceptac e containing molten glass; means fordrawing a sheet of glass therefrom, means for prelimi narily increasing the width of the lass at op osite edges, and means whereby t e sheet is eld to uniformiwidth after it'is increased at the opposite edges.

28. In an apparatus for drawing sheet glass, a receptacle containing molten glass, means {for drawi glass therefrom in sheet ':form in a longitu inal direction; means forv preliminarily. increasing the 'width' of: the

,dinally drawn.

sheet shat of s, a d for seconda ly holding t e sheet to uniform width afteriit is increased in width and as it is longitu- 29. In an ap aratus for drawing sheet glam, a receptac e containing moltenglass, means for drawin glass therefrom in. sheet form in a longitu lnal direction, a plurality of surfaces preliminarily operating upon the edge ort'ions of the glass sheet to increase the width of the latter, and secondasheet engaging devices to hold the said s eet to umform width, the preliminary increase of I draws .width of the sheet of glass being effected my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

EMILE FOURCAULT'.

Witnesses:

J scours Dn'rnmn, Jeanna Lnimmu 

